Flushing-valve.



L. WHITE.

FLUSHlNG VALVE.

APPLICATHJN F\LED APR. 27, I916.

Patented June 19, 1917.

FRANK L. WHITE, or 'r ornKA, KANSAS.

[a all whom it nary concern:

rLosHmG-vALvE.

"Be'it 'known that l, FRANK L. 7Wnrru, a citizen oi the United States,residing at '.lopelo'r, inf'tlie county of Shawnee and State of hansas,have invented certain new and useful lmproveinents in blushing-Valves;

and 1 do hereby declare'the following to be full, clear, and exactdescription of the inventimi,-sucl1 as will enable others skilled 111the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

r seated on a metallic seat, the said valve being adapted to rise tothe-surface of the water -witl1in the tank, when relieved from thepressure olF-the water, so as to admit of discharge of the water throughthe pipe which communicates the-tank and the closet bowl,

the said valve having. a guide rod thereon which is operable-"throughaguide arm removably carried by the overflow pipe located within thetank, the said overflow pipe being in turn dotachably connected to thedischarge pipe which comnmnicates tbetank and the closet bowl. after avery short period of use, the rubber valve gets -out of shape and themetallic seat oorrodes, thereby preventing accurate seating'of the valveon the mat, and causing leakage through the discharge pipe; up? furtherduring the repeated operations f the valve, the overflow pipe and theguide arm carried thereby will work loose, resulting in the valve beingmoved out of aline- 'lllBIlil with the seat.

The object of this invention is to overcome all of the foregoingdisadvantages by inter grally connecting t overflow pipe and the guldearm and also integrall connecting the overflow pipe with the disc largepipe, and

substituting for the rubber valve a hollow brass body, formed of lightcasting, and having removably associated therewith, a novel type ofrubber seat, which normally rests on Other, objects will appear and bebetter i understood from that embodiment of my invention of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompany- Ithas been found that.

, terior of the pipe 1.

Specification. of Letters Patent. Patented June 19, 1917Applicationfiled 5511127, 1916. Serial No. 93,932.

ing; drawing forming a part thereofin which;

l igure'l isa vertical sectional viewtaken through the discharge pipe,valve and overll' g. 2 is a topplan' view of the discharge pipe withthe. valve removed, and 7 high is a perspective View of the valve seatdetached from operative position.

' Referring to, the drawing in detail, the numeral 1 designates adischarge pipe ada ted to extend through the bottom wall 0 a flush tank(not shown), and to have its lower end connected up with the closet bowl(not shown). Located to one side of the upper or inner end, of the pipe1 is a verticall disposed overflow pipe 2, which has its ower endextended toward the pi'pel and intogrally secured thereto and has itsinterior thereof communicatingwith the interior of the pTpe 1, as shownin Fig. 1.; The upper end of the overflow pipe 2'extends a considerabledistance above the upper end of the pipe '1 andfis provided against itsupper terminal, with a laterally extending guide arm 3, which isintegrally formed with the pipe 2 and overlies the pipe 1. By virtue offorming the-overflow pipe 2 integral' with the pipe 1, and the guidearm3 integral with the overflow pipe 2, the said pipe 2 and arm will beheld against movement so that the guide arm 3 will alwavys'be disposedin alinemeat with the ipe 1. r

A removable ody 4 is mounted on the upper end of the .pipe 1 and isformed of porcelain, or similar material, and has :1 depending portion 5extending into the in- The body 4 is provided with a" central bore 6,and the upper end of the body is beveled as shown at 7,

to providc a valve seat. An angular shouldcr S is formed on the body 4:and overlies the upper endof the pipe 1, which upper end is thickened,as shown at 9, andinterposed between the upper end of the pipe 1 and theshoulder '8, is a rubber gasket 10 designed to prevent leakage betweenthe body 4- and the upper end of the pipe 1.

The upper end of the pipe 1 is threaded, as shown at 11, and. has turnedthereon a nut 12 whichv has an angular 'flan'ge 13 formed on the upperside thereof and which engages'over the shoulder 8 011 the body 4 so asto hold the body 4 'in position and also to provide a tight jointbetween the pipe 1 and the body 4.

The flushing valve is designated as an entirety, by the numeral 14 andconsists of a hollow body formed of brass, and consisting oi an uppersemi-spherical sha ed portion 15 and a lower substantially invertedfrusto-conical' shaped portion 16, the lower end of the body beingclosed by means of a. wall 17. A threaded luv 18 depends from the underside of the Wa 17 and is threadedly received by a bore formed in arubber body 19, which forms a seating face for the valve. The body 19has the opposite sides thereof provided with beveled portions 20- and2],, the portion 21 bein shown as engaging the seat 7, but the b0 y 19is reversible so that the portion 20 can be presented to the seat 7.when the portion 21 becomes worn. A suitable locking nut 22 is turnedonthe lower end of the lug l8 and is adjustable against the under sideof the body 19 so as to hold the body in position. 1

A diametrically extending rod 23 is ositioned within the pipe 1, at apoint elow the upper end thereof, and is centrally provided with anopening which slidably receives-the lower end of a rod 24, the upper endof the rod being threaded for reception by a bore-25 formed in the lug18.

The guide ste 26'is slidable through an opening in the free'end of theguide arm 3 and hasits lower end threaded for reception by an opening intheupper end of the valve body,"the up er end of the stem beingterminally. PIOVI' ed with a spherical end 27, which is removabletherefrom. The upper sired, to accommodate tanks of difi'erent depths,the section being held in adjusted position by means of a flanged collar29,

which has an opening therein which frictionally receives the pipesection 28, and a gasket 30' is interposed between the collar and theupper end of the pipe section 28 so as to prevent leakage between theoverflow pipe and the pipe section 28.

It will of course be understood that varione minor changesin the detailof construction can be had without departin from.the spirit of theinvention as claime Having thus described my invention, what I claim asnew is In a flushing device, the combination with a diseharge pipe and aflushing valve, of a non-111etallic body located at one end of saiddischarge pipe and having a valve seat formed thereon to .be engaged bythe valve an annularshoulder formed on the body an overlying theadjacent end of the ipe, a

gasket interposed between the shoul er and the pipe, a nut threaded onthe mentioned end of the discharge pipe, and an annular flange formed onthe nut engaging over the shoulder on the body.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK L. WHITE. Witnesses:

Loo WHITE,

ELLA COWDRIGK

